18Genesis 18

1And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day.Select Genesis 18:1

2And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near to him: and as soon as he saw them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground.Select Genesis 18:2

3And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thy servant.Select Genesis 18:3

4But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree.Select Genesis 18:4

5And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for therefore are you come aside to your servant. And they said: Do as thou hast spoken.Select Genesis 18:5

6Abraham made haste into the tent to Sara, and said to her: Make haste, temper together three measures of flour, and make cakes upon the hearth.Select Genesis 18:6

7And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf, very tender and very good, and gave it to a young man, who made haste and boiled it.Select Genesis 18:7

8He took also butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by them under the tree.Select Genesis 18:8

9And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo she is in the tent.Select Genesis 18:9

10And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying, and Sara, thy wife, shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent.Select Genesis 18:10

11Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women.Select Genesis 18:11

12And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure?Select Genesis 18:12

13And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I, who am an old woman, bear a child indeed?Select Genesis 18:13

14Is there any thing hard to God? According to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.Select Genesis 18:14

15Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh: for she was afraid. But the Lord said: Nay; but thou didst laugh.Select Genesis 18:15

16And when the men rose up from thence, they turned their eyes towards Sodom: and Abraham walked with them, bringing them on the way.Select Genesis 18:16

17And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do:Select Genesis 18:17

18Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?Select Genesis 18:18

19For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him, to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake, the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.Select Genesis 18:19

20And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.Select Genesis 18:20

21I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me; or whether it be not so, that I may know.Select Genesis 18:21

22And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.Select Genesis 18:22

23And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?Select Genesis 18:23

24If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?Select Genesis 18:24

25Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.Select Genesis 18:25

26And the Lord said to him: If I find in Sodom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.Select Genesis 18:26

27And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.Select Genesis 18:27

28What if there be five less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city: And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty.Select Genesis 18:28

29And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of forty.Select Genesis 18:29

30Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I find thirty there.Select Genesis 18:30

31Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord: What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.Select Genesis 18:31

32I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten shall be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.Select Genesis 18:32

33And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.Select Genesis 18:33